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ment,; selfishness would compel the master
to "be kind to his slave; it -33 to his interest
to watch and tend'hlm with care; to nurse
him in sickness, to guard hinVugainst dis
t ea.se, to protect Hm from injury.' As mere
property, its rvalue is too great to be dis
troyed by cruelty, sacrificed by neglect.
Torture is too expensive a luxury to be in
dulged in but by a fiend. No man in his
senses would treat a" valuable - horse- with
cruelty. . The Jfcrksbire pig,' the. Durha m
hull, the blood' horse,; arq allfed, tended
with care; much more is the slave, whose
value is far greater- Tlie abok'tionist alone
ca? r$54 t0L-P??1gp ;VVh pleasure of
poisoning hisse'rvant for drinking Lis wine.
-The death of the hheling' is at most a
slight .inconvenience to his employer; the
" death 6i d slave is his master's loss.
r We have considered slaves Has 7mere
property, to show how absurd are the ra
vings of fanaticsy the idle breams of poets
; and novelists, which represent slavehplders
as not only monsters, but idiots, revelling
in the destruction of their property. But
when it is remembered that the affections
which naturally- spring to ; between the
master and slave, is little less than that of
parent and child, it is easy ? to explain the
seemingly strange results . shown by the
census. The care of the master, made
watchful by affection and interest, guards
them, and preserves them from that physic-
al suffering which would produce loss of
- the senses; while their real wants all sup
plied, with the simplicity of the child, tak
ing no thought for the morrow, with ' no
vuiv-iu ujsimu mem, mere is nothing- to
derange their, intellect. - Kindly 'treated
carefully "tended, they grow healthy and
happ)'; ! unlike the miserable free negro,
they are neither insane nor idiots.
But we have further evidences of the
better condition 'of the slave. 1 ' Although
41 :i J.. ... . 0 .
mc tiriisus uues noi give us tliQ statist ics t
we need them not to show the vast nuiu
.bt r of pauper's to be found among tlie free-
v negroes." The instances are rare in which
-hey, are able to live without labor, without
toiling for their daily bread, in sickness,
iu old age, there 13 none to care for, to
-.provide for them.1' We find in the census,
that of the free negroes there'" arc 2 1,1 CO
over the age of sixty. ' Who shall provide
for these decrepit men, these helpless wo
men? Left to the cold charity of strangers,
they linger out a miserable' existence.. ' ,
Not such is the condition of 1 the, slave:
of them we find also 114,752 over the age
Of sixty, yet are they for their faithful ser
vices kindly treated by their masters, pet
ted and beloved m their old. age, by the
very children of their : owners.
; The vast number of slaves who attain to
extraordinary old age, greatly exceeding
in-proportion the white race in the non
slaveholding States, is of itself a powerful
argument to show hdv' happy has been
their condition. The' non-sla'veholding
States,' with' a population of' 13,000,000,
have but 5641 whites over the age of nine
ty; while of the slaves, with a population
of only 3,200,412, there are 4109 over
that age. -' " '
' Of the moral condition of the ' slave, as
contrasted with that of the free negro, the
census also gives us' no information. But
so full are the annals of crime, of evidence
on this head, we would waste time in mak
ing the contrast. Of" the slave we, fear
lessly assert that as to all the higher grades
of crime, he will contrast favorably even
. with the' white man. But, "children of a
larger growth,", "kindly, ! affectionate , in
their dispositiohs, their .wants all .simple,
amply supplied, they have, neither the
temptation nor, the inclination to commit
crime.' ' They may be led astray, they arc
easily ruled'they may. commit a petty tres
pass; but let alone, with, none to corrupt
them," they pass through life happy, con
tent d and, innocent. . ,. . , "
i s t . 'iiti : I 1?;; -''.'
On the other hand, the unhappy .free
negro, thoughtless and improvident, driven
irom the society of the good and virtuous,
an outcast among the vicious, is regarded
as a nuisance even by th abolitionist! Ho
vis not a mere nuisance, but the ; criminal
Statistics, of the North show, that crime, of
the, .highest grades, . offences. whic!i are
punished, by confinement ihj the penetenta
rics,: prevail among the negroes to an un--heard
of extent. .. In Massachusetts, . com
posing tless than one-hundredth part, of; the
population, they- furnish one-tenth of the
- convicts. in othcr btates, the proportion
is even greater, , In the South; on the
other hand, offenses of this character, are
even more Tare than among the whites.
Negro slavery is r no evil to the '-white
; ;, race. . .". - ' . : i - - "'
: ', fTo be Continued. , vi
EST A fellow having a spite against a
v sausage maker, rushed into his shop when
- crowded with customers, tlirew a large dead
-' cat on the counter, and said, "That makes
nineteen: we'll settle when you're not so
- busy; and mad? Kh exit. ITe was of course
. soon followed by the sausage amateurs,
J, empty handed. ' ' .
r ': :2F A Russian loan of fifty million
dollars has recently been negotiated. It
' taken in SU ; Petersburg at 02 is.
since filing readily at 9 I to the principle
V "V nWrs ir "Rttrone. The rate of interest
, 1 per cent." '
Ju5"-e Butler Iia3 been re-elected
UnitedStates'.- Senate for the term
--.bv the Lecrislature of
Soutl:
Tfrv!field. UHed in a duel
V -t timo - since,' was ac
" ' I field by hiaVife:'
Tli(f (!iattcr0Ycmgn.
STRlNGFELIsOW & KEIiLBY,-Editors;
ATCIIISOX, ELAKSAS TER.,? "
SATURDAY, FEBRUAYXlSj
Cir OTLXlo,t;io33L Q 3 1lT7 11
WS. SWYMilEI General Newspaper
and Advertiain" Arntj No. 14, ! Seond
Street, opposite tlie Post Office, St, Loais, JVIo.,
is the authorized aent for.oiir paper. ,
FOR DELEGATE TO: CONGRESS,
GEN. J.W.WHITFIELD
Subject to the Decision of the Squatter
Sovereigns, at the Polls'.? ,
J. Hi STRING FELLOW of
Atchison, offers himself as a candidate for the
House of Delegates in Kansas Territory, at the
ensuing Election. Subject to a Convention, if
on should be held. : '
: INTRODUCTORY.
To day we make our bow to the public
for the first time from our sanctum in Atch
ison, and if we-seem awkward, or should
stumble, it must be attributed to" our ex
treme ?nodcnhj and to the novelty of our
situation. One of us is venturing for tlie
first tithe upon' that sea wherein so many
weak i-essels ' have been' engulphedi and
being naturally timorous, the kind iublic
will see many faults for which they must
inake all due allowance. I
It is not to our taste to issue a lengthy'
manifesto of our principles, .or a pro
gramme of our future course, yet, s we
ask your assistance in sustaining the paper
it is no more than justly due that we should
give some statement of our vievrs aid. in
tentions. Our aim in the conductijm of
this paper, .will be to advocate the doi-trine
of "Squatter Sovereignty," or the rih't of
the people. in the Territory to exercisfe the
same sovereignty, which they possessd be-
lore emigrating thither. And .furtllcr to
endeavor to have engrafted inlo our cpnsti
tution, when . we shall have growh old
enough, the institution of Negro Slavery;
as L'cid? an lnstnuuon caicuiatea to en
hance the value of our lands, conduce to
the aggregate and sepcrate wealth of the
Citizens, promote the interest of the Negro,
elevate the standard of freedom, Religion
enjoyment, and all our Social and Political
rights and privileges as being an institu
tion eminently suited to perpetuate our pC'
culiar form, of. Government;' necessdry to
the happiness of the negro, and, designed
by the great Author of our existence for
wise and benificent purposes. h In cpnduct-
inir our Journal we wish to be courteous to
all who may differ with. us. "We can respect
those who , honestly and. openly di&er in
opinion, anu ast irom tnem a patient viiear
ing; then if v-e are wTong, we will held "our
selves ready to be convinced by stroug ar
gument based on facts and figures, aotby
sickly simpathy, found only in somej silly
womans Oram, mere is one cias lor
whom we entertain no ieehngs of clianty,
that is your "fence man," your "neutrhl,
the very name is disgusting, to" us. It al
ways calls to mind, those fat miserable crea
tures whom the Turks employ to guard
their Harems. The neuter gender ,we never
could parse a word of that kind When we
were at school. "We despise the word and
have contempt only, for a, man-' who in K
sas xemiory is no; reaxzy nanidv to avow
his principles, be they for, or against slave
ry. He is (like the Turkish slave above,)
no man at all. We hope there will" be
found no paper in the" Territory occupying
inai position, t , i
10 pur oia inenas.m jiissouri, wn ap
peal, with confidence for that material , aid
in the .way of subscription, which is teo in
dispensable in earrj-ing on oiur'. pape; as
suring tliem that by our united efforts, we
shall reap, a rich, KJLVAKD -by ,qeem
IIE2tIP,'.p, rich luxuriance, coyeriilgjpur
fertile pranes a sight so cheering to? those
who, advocate the institution of slavery
- . i - THE HOEH0KS; n !
" Esteiisive prepaiations are teingjrhade
in this City for the accommodation pf the
Mormon emurrants, who are expected to
start from tins place in the Spring. Large
Vv arehouses are going up, and ,our- Mer
chants are enlarging their -Stores, tdrcake
room for goods, : whicli are ' required f for
their wants. ' - ' t-t -.-;.; . tf-
: The emisrrar on to the &ait LaS tins
season, will be 'much larger than 1 usual
and as all emigrants to thai place start
from our point, we may expect a j hvcly
timeheTe in the, spring. The progress of
the Mormons is one of the most extraor
dinary of the day.,J They continue to in
crease and multiply' at an amazing rate,
and their missionaries in all parts !of the
world are reaping a - rich harvest! Let
their jiumber be ever so large, they will
find anmle accommodations at the-1 great
starting place Atchison. ' . - s
f;Qr The" demand for Mechanics in this
place, is unprecedented in the annals of
"City. Building." . Carpenters, Brick-masons,
Blacksmiths, , Waggon-makers, and
other mechanics are assured that they can
- get any quantity of work to do, affair
"1 rna. Z .
j v GoTernor Reeder. "
The gentleman whose name'heads. this
article, has been in Kansas since October
last. When he first landed among' ts we
gave; him a hearty welcome, having ;beafd
that at his home hp was considered a sound
National Democrat ; not tinctured with
AbIitionism, or ;Frce-soil!soi. . lie' had
been here' but a short time, when he was
strongly suspected1 of heing unfnendly td
the Iro-sla very interests; and when his
prjixJarnatjon hfaji election appeared, there
was jrery rittle dowt in the minds of any
about his position t j till some few good men
said mat-he was Jfianefet. but nnsguided. -
We were w illing till to wait jind see what
his cpurse would : after the. result of the
Conrejssion9l elepticn was kdovvTi." The
electjion came offi! and out of 2S00 votes
polled, the rVee-sHers received some four
or five hundred' jbnly. It r was expected
that he Govemoj; would .then order an
rfeeton for memljers of the Legislature,
that We might havb laws to govern us, but
he has postponed dven the taking of a cen
sus till this late d&y, and inclement season,
in hopes we suppose, that spme of the em
igrants from Missouri might be absent.
GeEeral Jackson, i'hen elected President
declared,- that "to the victors belong the
spoils," and remqved the defeated party
from office, appointing the successful ones
in their places. Our Governor does not
follow in the footsteps of the illustrious old
Hero, but appointsjn districts where a free-
soilr is scarcely tp be found, " these very
men to office. InUhis district, where only
39 out oT 306 wer found to vote the Gov
ernor's ticket,' he h!as appointed as census
taker, a man more 6bnoxio3 to the citizens
than any other to be found in it, and he has
instructed him to ask questions, that no man
with honest intentions would ever have put
Asking not only the number or a man's
family, his age and his wife's 'name and
ago; the names, age; and sex of his chil
dren, but as the old song says, "where did
you come from," and "vcho do- you belong
o" in other words, what State are you
from last, if from ' Missouri, then 'where
from to Missouri; to gain we suppose, some
idea as to the free -soil proclivity of the indi
vidual, and whether he belongs to Thayer
or not; further to know if he will do for an
election judge.5 : Of course he will not:ap
point a pro-slavery man to that office.
In the Leavenworth District, he hasap
pointed the same' character of man census
taker, that he has here, and we learn that
it is the same case in nearly every - district
in the Territory. He has appointed Justices
of the Peace, Constables, &c.r of the same
stripe, wherever he could. ' Indeed, his ob
ject seems to be, to annoy us as much as
possible, and to make all the money he
can, careing nothing for the wishes or in
terests of the Squatter. . ; . -
President Pierce is a man in whom we
have the utmost confidence ; he has shown
himself, on more than one occasion, to be
tha friend of the Squatter, and w?e have
reason to believe that he is so yet. We
would advise, then, that he be petitioned
to remove, or exchange our free-soil Gov
ernor, for Gov. Izard of Nebraska, as by
the exchange, each . Territory might be
satisfied,' (we know ours would,) and their
prosperity increased. " We are very 'well
assured that nothing but bad feeling - and
confusion will exist so" long as Gov. Reed
er remains in Kansas, ! unless his course
should be altered very materially, and of
that Ave have but faint hopes. : ' ' "
".. Ceal. Found. .
From the indications observed in our
neighbourhood, we have been satisfied ev
er since our first visit to the . Territory, that
coal abounded in considerable quantity all
around ' us. ' Lately several' banks have
been discovered hi the range of four or five
miles of this placcand "a. few daj's since
only about a mile from Atchison, a splend-
ed vein, over twenty inches in thickiiess' has
been found.; The . lucky possessor of, the
claim will be enabled to realize a fortune
out of it, as it lies immediately on the Mis
souri River. One of our Blacksmith's
says it is exactly suited for the forge'.'.
A CUAKCE FOR THE LDGK TtJ MeSSTS.
Dashall & Co. , of New York; City, "adver
tises their fcl5Q,0Q( National .Gift . Enter-
prisewhich to , come pff without , faiL'
on th 10th .of 3Iarch-, n?xt; pr, '.oone if
the. tiqlvets . are all sold. . We have, the
most, satisfactory ... evidence .before. , us that
the fbove enterprise will be conducted on
fair principles, and ticket holders in Kan
sas or Missouri will stand the same chance
to draw a large prize, as those residing in
the city where the enterprise is to be eon
sumated. The tickets, of .which a limited
number only will be sold, are only one dol
I&X "See advertisement. f .; ....
jfeiT'-'The flrst raa 1 of-' lifcnbcr ever"
brought to this place,'-was landed by our
erterprisirig friend Congrove, one day last
wek. It was immediately worked up in
to dwelling and store houses. In days to
come, when three and four story bricks will
adorn each side of our principal streets,
Congrove, with pride, can point to some of
his "Pioneer Buildings," and justly claim
tlie honor of giving start to the "Queen
City of the "West T' ' ' '
J3T' We. acknowledge our , obligations
to HoV. J. W. Whitfield, our talent
ed and faith fid Delegate in Congress, for
a copy of "Hickey's Constitution of the
United States," a work which should be
studied by every American Citizen.
Alsb, other valuable Documents, - among
whhhis a copy of the Census 'Report ; a
document of greit worth, and valuable
atatisticsl '7 ' ' V -
OUR T0WBV, "
Tta Advantages and Prospects
Atchison was surveyed in August Jast,
by a company composed of some of the
largest capitalists and most enterprising
business men in North West Missouri;
After a -thorough examination of the entire
river from of the Nemaha to the mouth of
Kansas; which embraces all of: the Mis-i
souri River; border of the Territory; the
object being to seject the most edhgible site ,
tor a commercial pomt; and ji JNature. ever
designed a site combining all the desired
qualifications. for such-a pfacei this is the
onev ,W .are just midsy by water, be
tween the Northern " boundary, and the
mouth of the Kansas; at the same point,
be ween the two large and flourishing towns
of St. "Joseph ' and Weston, in Missouri;
iand abourthe same distance, ay fourteen
miles west of each, which places us in the
very heart of what will for years be the
wealthiest and most densely settled portion
of Kansas Territory. Tlie great Califor
nia, Utah, and Oregon road from Fort Lea
venworth winds- abound the Jieads of the
various streams which take rise near it and
flow North inttlheiMIsscTtri, : and South
into the Kans till it gets be3rond the head
of Stranger, to the head of Independence,
which is due. west and wily five or six miles
from Atchison, after nmning for tliirtj'-
five miles from the Fort, Then it strikes
due west over that vast fertile, arid destined
to be, finest agricultural and grazing coun
try inthj world. Our peculiar location will
then give us the command of all the trade
which will find along this 'road it's natural
outlet. . The . Utah trade, now so large,
and -which must increase for years with the
rapid increase of the singular and much
persecuted people who now inhabit it, will
alTof necessity, start from this point; it be
ing a great saving in distance over the
finest road in the world, and with the finest
camping ground to start from, which can
be found west of the Missouri River. ' Tim
ber, water, coal, &c, in abundance, and
the finest of grazing places for the stock,
We are nearer to all the country on Kan
sas River west of Grasshopper by many
miles than any other point on the Missouri;
with dry divides on which the best of roads
can be made, at no expense, Laving no
large streams to cross. . ' 1
; With all these advantages 'on our side',
no difficulty about titles to our property, and
the lands around us; we present to the man
of enterprise, the finest field for making a
fortune which can be shown in the Territo
ry, or in fact in the Union.
W e are now building as rapidly as we
can; hindered by a scarcity of Lumber,
soon however to be obviated by the opening
of navigation and a splendid Steam Saw
mill nearly completed; which will be when
finished the finest in Kansas.
Our buildings are all of the most substan
tial character," showing the ' confidence of
our citizens in the ultimate success of our
Town. '- '! ' ' '
' We say then come on, come one and all;
you may never have such another chance to
linj amass fortunes bynvestingreal estate.
UTAH.
We have seen in some of the papers that
President Pierce has appointed Col. Step
toe, Governor of Utah. r ; We arc sorry for
tins. Not that Col. Steptoe is not as suita
ble a person by education, talent Sec.,. as any
other, but because of our peculiar ideas of
"Squatter Sovereignty." We presume the
general government expects to derive no re
venue, from the appointment of a Governor
in Utah; and as everyone must know, that
Brigham Young would be the choice of eve
rj man, woman, and child in the Territory,
over Col. Steptoe or indeed , any. one . else
tjiat could be. sent frpm the States, and sure
ly the people should have some voice in the
matter, as they alone are interested--If
Goy. Young should violate any cf pur laws,
or. do any, thing not ;. consistent ,or lawful,
then, try him by , the. law? ,. .Because forsooth
the.-.ideas of the .Mormons differ from, ours
on the subject pt matrimony,', shall, we, do
an aet.that may eiid in bloodshed and riot?
We say no, they:.are, responsible ; alone ; to
their God for their morals, so, long as they
do not affect others. W e hope that no south
ern man., no advocate of the peoples rights,
will join in tins ,crusade , against ; what may
4 by spme, called jmmoralitxpn the part of.
the Mormons. We have been contendinc:
for years against this same assumption, and
let us but once join in; the attack , upon ; the
Mormons, then farewell tq the rights of the
south, we could never again say to the north,
that slavery if a sin, -was one in which we
were alone involved, and that they should
not interfere with it. We repeat, that the
local affairs of a Territory are matters with
winch Gongress-haS no, right, to interfere
She has as much rightto prohibit slavery,
or abolish the use of liquor in the Territo
ries, as she has to interfere with the domes
tic arrangements of. tlie Mormons.
- A person said to be the Governor
of Kansas Territory, arrived at Fort Lev-
enworth, sometime , during the month of
October, and immediately entered into ex
tensive land speculations -which being
cousumated, he will enter, upon the dis
charge of his official duties. , In the mean
time, riot, murder and arson, are rife, with
no law to punish the offenders. .
EST" Robert Schuyler, the great de
faulter, it is stated, has bought a place on
the Rhine, where he now resides,, and has
sent for his family to Join him. His con
fidential clerk came a passenger to New
York, in the Bahic, 'on his employer's
busmc?. '
Congress haa no Power to Legislate in
( . thc.Texritories. i A,
It fs not often that we see a controversy
between an abolitionist and a p"x-s2avery
man, !in which we are interested -in peeing
the pro-slavery advocate, defeated. J,. We
must however, acknowledge ourj pleasure
at the defeat of .Sir. Stephens ot jueorgia,
in his contest with Campbell of Ohio, "winch
come-off, recently in Congress, l ' And we
hope that in all future contests, "vhere the
pro-slavery advocate iacknowhyges the
power of Congress to legisla e in tlie
Territories at alt;-. particularly h- the sub
ject o(la very, other than she, pcfcsesses in
the Estates; the same result mayllollow.
We take the broad ground that 1 Congress
has rio constitutional right to legislate for
the Territories oh any subject, tjxeept for
the simple disposition of the land, land other
subjects only, winch, she exercistts alike in
the States. , ; ) '
It is troe . that Congress haa exercised
0 1
the power of appointing the superior officers
for the Territories ever since th first one
was established. V But precedents in mat
ters pertaining to the Constitution, does not
make right. We ask those who contend
for tljis right, to show us the grant of pow
er inj the constitution for "the exerfcise" of it.
The tight to appoint Governors, Ihulges or
any Mher officers, any more than for .the
appointment of a legislature, or to legislate
on cpiy subject, any more than OYi the sub
ject o f si avery. t , The men . who contend for
the power, usually refer to tlie article
whicli says, .'the Congress shall (iave pow
er to -dispose; of,' and ; make such needful
rules-and regulations respecting the Terri
tory, or other,; property belonging to the
United . States." , r Now any fair minded
man kvho will take the trouble to look- at
the history of the times, must know, that
thi edy referred to the selling and convey
ing df the land in a certain section of conn
try, donated by some' of the States . io the
General Government; for it is referred to
only Sas property, and not as granting pow
er to legislate for the people whonight af
terwards inhabit it, and for a V(ry simple
reasqn, that there was no territorial gov
ernment in existence at that timej and none
needed. ; A ; a very different ' provision was
mad,' for Columbia, 1 where thy intend
ed toi legislate. There the grantj is expfic
it the words used - to convey tlje idea of
legislation, definite; 110 danger of miscon
struction. But even admitting tEie power
there to be what is claimed, still it is hmit-
ed; and as the Constitution is not made of
indiaj-rubber, it will not stretch jo take in
any thing else than was in it at the time of
its formation. This word Terfitory is in
the singular number, and has tlie definite
article the, prefixed, which gives jit a point
ed signification, not a general .grant of pow
er toi grow and increase with advancing
years.. "The Territory ;" what Territory
we ask j was referred to ? ' . There was' no
organized Territory, as we hownderstand
the ti?rm. It was only to that particular
body! of land, which had just bqen given
to the government: and to that awne can it
apply. Suppose there hd bee nb such
land? owned at that time by thh General
Goverhment ? and no such provisjion in the
-Constitution as the one ' referred to? does
any one suppose that the power ttc legislate
for the territory of Columbia, as if. was then
called, could be tortured to convj?y - poVer
now, to legislate lor uregon or j Kansas f
And yet such power might -b4 claimed
with more propriety. The one s as defi
nite as the other ; the one "referred to
certain district ten miles square,' bailed ter
ritory of Columbia, the other to the North
west Territory,' as it was aftenvajrds called
but which at that time had no tiaine I
The fraraers of the Constiturjon. never
a
imagined that we should hate a fcoiintry so
large as ours? how is, hence f thefe was no
provision made for the acnuisit'lon of ter
ritory and ft is well khown thai Mr; Jef-
fersori ecid?d that there was no such pow
er in Congress. J ? We ask then,' can Con
gress by one unconstitutional act, obtain a
constitutional right 1 ''The-answer is qb
viously no.' ! Then where do they get . any
such power or right ? We may7, be asked
then, who has the; right to-rule' in this i coun
try,1 unconstitutkmaDy obtained 1 Obvious
ly. the people the Squatter ' Sptereijns.'
The Constitution expressly ' declares Ithat
-all puwvrH -not texpreesly lclrgTttecl focorr-
gres'or not .prohibited to ' the States; are
reserved to the States br to the' people."
Now we ask ' Who are : referred - toby the
latter clause, ."or-to the people?"- It must
of necessity not refer to the States as ad
herehig to them, because' the Cramers of
that: instrument' did' not use expressions
without ideas; 'but must refer to some pow
er that was not delegated to Congress, and
that the States did hot possess., i Is there
any such power f r We answer this, very
right or power is that, one; the right of the
people in the territories to legislate for
themselves a power that no man has ever
shown to be in Congress, and - which the
States never claimed. - -' : ; ;. "
"Power is grasping, is an old ahdtrcte
adajreJ and - how little it may be, ' it still
wish es to hold on to all ; it 'ha&V Send
man to Congress; a good man,' aad aneCt
thinker generally, and let him once ' begin
to taste the sweets of power; and his mind
will never 'once think of asking the' ques
tion ."am I usurping power V Hence
tlie long-winded speeches to show where
this power originates. Like the French
man who tried to explain" how a bucket of
water with a fish "in it, would 'not weigh
any more than it would without if; never,
stopping to ask himself if it was a fact.
It seems to us quite as plain thaf l,engreS3
has the right to abolish slavery, or prohibit
in a territory, as that it has to saddle a
Governor, or other ofEcers'on'it without its
consent, though we would stand the one,
when tee would net submit to the other.
Coionel Benton has occupied the only
ground on this subject, (claiming power in
Congress,) that has any plausibility or truth
in it. " That Uongress governs tne x em
tories 8s ; it choosesahd q tt manner in
compatible , with .the constitution." ...This
has been true up to this time, but we hope
our friends, now that they have made a
start in this matter, will not let this wrong
be continued any longer but for the future
contend for squatter rights in their broadest
sense. We ask no protection from Congress
any more than she grants and is authorised
to grant to all her citizens, tee can make our
own laves and pay our oxen officers as well
as though we had a State constitution.
WHISKEY. AND ' NEWSPAPERS.
A" glass of wlnsljey "is manufactured
from, perhaps a dozen gTains of mashed
cornj the value of which is too small to be
estimated. A pint of this mixture sells for
one sbnlling, and if of a good - brand it is
considered by its consumers well worth
the money. It is 'drank off in' a '-minute
or two it ' fires the brain rouses the
passions sharpens the appetite- derang
es and weakens the system: it is gone
and swollen eyes, parched lips, and an
aching . head 'are its followers. ' On the
same sideboard upon which this is served,
ies a newspaper, the ;new white paper of
which costs three-fourths of a cent the
composition for tberr whole edition costing
from ten to fifteen dollars per day. It is
covered with half a million of types, it
brings intelligence from the four qnarters
of the globe it has in its clearly printed
columns all that is strange or new at home
it tells you the state of the "market gives
account of the last elopement, the execu
tion of tlie last murderer and the latest
steamboat explosion or railroad disaster
and yet for all this, the newspaper costs
less than the glass of grog the juice of a
few grains of corn.! It is no less Grange
than true, that there are a large portion of
the community who ;. think the corn juice
cheap and the , newspaper dear, and the
printer has bard work to collect his dimes,
when the. liquor , dealers are paid cheer
fully. ' .. - .
How is this ? Is the body abetter
paymaster than the head, and are things
of the moment more prized than things of
eternity ? . Is the transient tickling of. the
stomach of more consequence than the im
provement of the soul, and the irrfonnation
that is essential to a rational being ? If
this had its real value, would not the
newspaper be worth a great many pints of
whiskey?. Ponder upon.,thisi ye.drinkingr
men curtail your grocery bills, and with
a small portion of , the savings, pay in ad
vance for the f Squatter Sovereign f
"Negro Slavery no Evil." ;
We commence in this the first number
of our paper, an article with the above cap
tion, on the subject pf slavery, which though
lengthy, we yet feel assured will be' read
"scribers. f We are' opposed' to' puTJishing
long articles, but from the interest which Is
every where felt on this subject, and the
noveuy 01 me positions assumed, we are
confident that no one vill object to it on
that score.' The. author takes the only po
sition' which' should ever be assumed by
any friend of the institution. ' It is the only
one wliich can be sustained, and which an
honest man. and a christain shoidd wish to
sustain. He assumes! boldly that it is a
blessing in. all its varied workings ; both
to the white nian and the f negro"; to the
cause' of Christianity and human liberty
strange as it may sound in the Cars of some
TCprthern Pharisee ' This ; is a matter of
fact agea,ijd nothing that, cannot be' prov'
en by fact3 and figures, '.will be believctt
By this process he treats Ins subject ;. deal
ing in ho metaphisicararguments, dran-inir
oh his . imma ginatTon for no unreal suites
ments, but taking 'stubborn facts" and fi g-
IliL- ! LLi Lt '': ' ;-'--v: '-'
uxc3, as given .uy me unirnmaguiaiive om
such object: h vjewV. or -th ret -rmght
have been oifferCnC- -He probes' asl rlcar-
ly as can be "Sliown, 'the.conrjusion; .wliich
he propose; j.TheirticIe twll be continur
ed, and will be finished in our third num-:
beri ; We ask our free-soil readers ta give
it a careful reading. '. , - . ' '.
Tff The citizens of Kansas, propose
petitioning President Pierce to appoint a
Governor of this Territory.- We have been
without ' Governor ' and ' government long
enough,' and think it high' time we : were
provided for. 1 '; "; 'H'C ''"'"'
,.-I53?t IIo7, Edward-A. Haskecait,
formerly of Mason county, Ky., and : long
the distinguished United '. States Senator
from Indiana intends removing, to Cali
fornia to engage in the practice of his pro
fession. r. '. . " . ', ::t.:;
' . By advices from Washington We
learn that Mf. Bright tendered his "resig
nation of the office of President -of fte
Senate in favor of Mr. Atchisou, but the
latter positively refused to accept, "'y - -
The Panama Isthmus ' Railroad
is now open from ocean to ocean. It Js a
great event in me -history of ;thia western
xontinent. - vV;,t ...,.v, : r;'-' "t - .?.
Each of the ten inch shells thrown
by.: the 'Allies in the seige of Sebastopol,
cost, if is said, X25 at out $125! '
cers appointedby. the gorernrherit to col
lect them for the Census Report; i with no
The First Election in Kansas !
Wre have beenamused at the many and
varied accounts given by the free-soil and
abolition! papers, and then correspondents
of the election held in Kansas in Novem
ber last, and the causes which led to the
election of Hon. JV W. Whitfield, as dele
gate to Congress.
If the editors of those papers had known I '
the different candidates, and the electors, ' ':
as we do. thev would not have been at ii V S
surprised at the result- Gen. ; WhitfioU I
the successful candidate, is ah old frontier c ' : J
mam onen. cenerous. frank, and iam;- f-"-
with all assuming to be only a Squatter
Sovereign; the equal of every honest "man,
the inferior of none. In his intercourse "
with the sovereigns, he was one with theza. -J-
plain ana unassuming, dui wim mat shoiv
of manly independentre and .hard common f
senses which is always appreciated by tlio -
intellicrent voter.: His principle com petitor I
was a very genteel specimen oFan eastern P .
city gentleman: of wealth, who could not . , '
snaKe.on mat air ot anstocracy ana sua-1
ness which always attaches to such men,
1 1 -1 . t ... , . t -
and wmch is but a source of ridicule to the "
hardy pioneer. They never give to sucb '
i 111 tin nic iitAUfr leant uu nkiLi, aim - nui 1 -
such candidates, and such a constituency, i
the result could never be doubtful, i ;
Tl-i frrno t tvinca Trinrh tcu tr trio raw. 1 -' ."
whelming majority received by Vniuielu,f
ivns fif fnrt thnt Npw T'.n'rTn twl nnd tl . "
Abolition world . generally, .by tlieir Aid- ; '.
Societies were endeavoring to send in their
liordes from the jails, poor-houses and gut- '
ters in . the east,, to force their; detestable
doctrines .upon us, and make Kansas the
receptacle, for the . fugitive , slaves of. Mis- , J
nnri rt rrnr r?pn nf nprrro-thipvpfs.- Tli . y
people of. Missouri seeing this, and know
ing the value of our fertile praries, deter- f
mined to come in and possess it; and by
; hundreds, every day, they carne over, and -made
their claims, and woe be to" the man i
who would attempt to disposess one of them.
When the election came on they marched .
np to the polls ; and ' took the G ovenior's "
oath with no fear of the pain and penalties
of perjury haunting them,'and when arioth- - .
er election comes round, they are still here j
to cast the same votes. When the - season;
arives for tilling the soil, their strong anns
will not be missing, for they come with the
"bona fide" intention of becoming- perma-;
nent residents. -
The moderate men of the Tree-soil par
ty even were disgusted with the emigrant -aid
men and: their candidates, and like -
honest men who knew tlieir interest oted . i
for Whitfield. - - ' ; - L j
It is "manifest destiny" that Kansis will j
bq a Slave State She ought to be in jus-
tice to. Missouri and Arkansas; the well- L
being, of tjie negro demands it; the in- r
creased, value of lands to the Squatter by
making it a Hemp growing," and. :consc- r-
qucntly slaveholding ! State, will aid in J
making it so. : "Lastly, Missouri .would
s'end over her last citizen riot merely to .
vote, but to live,, fight, and die," if nccessa- h -1
ry, before Kansas should be a den of ncirro 4
.' i i r tJ . &
ineivcs a nari ur loriugiue siavus. ji .
our election for members to our; territorial ; .
Legislature which comes off in February, ? . .
we areinformed, there will be ten : to one:
in favor, of slavery. The Slaveholder need
have no fears ha bringing his property , with
him to this lemtorv. - At -is-as sale here J,
to see by the close of the year, families
coming in by hundreds, as in the Patriarch- t - i
alages, with their cattle and ; their bond- :
men, and bond-women, born -in.iheir-own ; 5
houses, for there are none here to intermrt
that kindly affectionate regard, wluch al- 3 ;
way's subsists between roaster and servant ; I
Election iat hand.Attentibn Squatters! ? --
x As tlie census isjw. being taken, wc ' k1
shall at some fiittireday not: far distant, y,
be called upor4 to. eTeQt"a Legislature, and
probably a Delegate to Congress;' to serve r 4
from, the'th of, March' next, when Gen.
Whitfield's term will expire; If the Gov- .
erncqr does his duty, he will order ion clcc- j
tion for Delegate at theame - time he is- -
ues his orders for fhe election ol memln-rs L -f
of4heLefri9Tatnfe. thourh it has been inti- ?
mated that hV. wbald posrpone it until after .
the SprTngmigrafion,' when it is thought ,
Jh'e could. te abfeio elect his ;man Flcnni-
kin.' We do rrot Vapticipafe such. postpon- hj
raont, and bare too much confidence in the ; 1
JiuJgement 'Jot the Governor ; to think be
would attempt such a thing. . " as u :
mayit is high time that his districtF was $ 1
making its selection of persons to represent h
it. Our district, the fifteenth; polled 306 i
votes, which if the representatimis fairly
distributed, will give us four delegates and ,
two councilmen ; and under any ' circunv .
stances, . we shall, have five , members on iff
joint ballot, i n?- 'i t : i
In selectmjr candidates., we should if i . 1
possible avoid getting up sectional prejudi-
ces. To do that, we must select Ihe candi- I
dates from various points in the district, I
that local questions be kept gut of the race j
entirely. The only question that should be r
allowed to' sway a vote must be the one
great question of tlie right of the people to I
regulate their domestic institutions, in their, '.
own way. Refuse to support any man for y
office, who will admit me,power of Con- U
gress to" interfere in any manner with our
domestic affairs, thereby - showing to the
world, that the Squatter appreciates those :
great truths . for, which v our forefathers p
fought ! iThen let us who are alone inter-1 J
estel, impress our opinions in' unmistaka- l
ble language at the ballot-box in our ap- i 1
proaching.elecliori, arid we shall hear less ;
said about Congressional interferance else-1
where. " ' - !-'-"!- -'." p